Word: maintainable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...which he figured currently at 40,000 per month. "We are at a strategic point in our economy," he said. "If we go on as we are, we are in for stagnation and decline. One of the interesting observations of recent years is the inability of the system to maintain itself at any level it has attained. We do not stop. We either go forward or back." He was for going forward, and gave as "the overall question" of the investigation: "Why have we not had full employment and full utilization of our magnificent resources...
...Author of a work called Democracy versus Autocracy (1918) and of a translation of Sombart's Deutscher Sozialismus (1937), Professor Geiser wanted to keep his medal (first-class German Eagle), did his best to make a case for it. Said he: "I have consistently attempted to maintain the historical attitude of understanding and interpreting Germany. . . . Assuming that my citation by the present German Government is a recognition and appreciation of my efforts in behalf of justice toward Germany, I intend to accept...
Today, perhaps two dozen of the "too many elms" which displeased Lowell are still standing. As old trees have died, replacements have been made in order to maintain the "classic shade." The University spends thousands every year in maintaining the splendor of the Yard's ancient trees...
...absolute safety from this stingaree, every buyer of goods for resale would have to maintain his own national inspection staff. Of course the Wage and Hour Administration intends to jab Section 15 only into suspected conspirators. Nevertheless, Section 15 may well become as famous...
...dominated by Al Smith's "I am for gold dollars as against baloney dollars!" Possibly Professor Rogers' most valuable discussion is that which deals with the national budget. Here he expounds the theory that a budget deficit is necessary and quite normal during a depression. Increased government spending to maintain consumer purchasing power should be carried on in a time of business contraction. Don't worry about balancing the budget until better times come, he advises, and then make the repayments to investors in government bonds. Rogers points out that what is needed in a budget policy is a long...